Light attachment for guns.



G. W; DERRYBERRY. LIGHT ATTACHMENT FOR suns.

APPLLCATION FILED MAY 26 1914 U 'Pfitented July 4 sAnnIson w.DERRYIBERRY, or srmo, OKLAHOMA.

' LIGHT ATTACHMENT FOR eons:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 4, 1916.

' Application neama ze, 1914. 'Seria lNo. 541,075.

To all wkomc't may concern:

Be it known that I, GARRISON DERBY- BERRY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid ing at'Spiro, Le Flore county, and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented and discovered cerl u I presslon 1n ts bottom which is adaptedto fit tain new and useful. Improvements in Light Attachments for Guns,ing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a light attachment for gunswhich is adapted for use either when attached to the gunior sightingobjects in the dark or ,dusk, or for reconnoitering. purposes, or fpruse around the camp, either attached to or detached from the gun, all aswill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of. a gun barrel showing my attachmentapplied thereto, as when in. use thereon, Fig. 2 a top or plan view. ofthe same, Fig. 3 a detail view show.-

- 7 ing the means for adjusting thetelescopic tube C. Said sighting tubeC is adapted to sighting tube, and Fig. in detail view showing the lampdetached.

- In said drawings the portions marked A representthe gun barrel, B thelamp casing, and-C the sighting tube.

The gun barrel A is, or may be, the barrel of any gun such as isi-n,common use. p

The lamp casing is preferably of metal and cylindrical in form, thelower end being provided with ahingedbottom Z) on which a lamp 10'issupported. The bottom I) is preferably mounted on a hinge 11 and may beheld closed by a catch 12 of any appropriate form, such as shown. Thelamp 10 is preferably a carbid lamp,but may be an oil, or any other typeof lamp desired and found suitable. The tei'mFlight, as used in theclaims, will be understood to mean any such means for producing thelight-required. It is arranged to provide a light directly in front of astrong reflector 22 and in line with the center of the sighting tube (1,and the center of said tube is arranged in line with the center of thegun barrel and parallel therewith. Said light is mounted to turn on apivot so as to be brought to different positions and the 'lampcasing Bis provided with a side lens 14 in the same plane with and to one sideofthe sighting screw into a screw-threaded neck around an :opening in theside of casing B alongside and adjacent to the lens 1.4. Said sightingtube G is preferably formed with a telescopic section C} which slideswithintube' C of which the followand may be adjusted longitudinallythereof, by means ofa pinion 15 on a cross shaft 16 which engages withrack teeth 17 on the under surface of said section C The lamp 10 isformed witha central deover a boss or projection 18, centrally 10 catedon the upper side of the hinged bottom I) of the lamp casing B. A handle19 projects through a segmental slot in one side of j said'casing bywhich said lamp 10 maybe turned or pivoted on said pro ection. By

this means the lamp may be turned at will to throw the light throughsurround the gun barrel and the sighting.

tubeand are clamped in position by clampmg screws 21. By this meansthesighting tube may be readily removed and attached l to any gun barrelas desired.

In use the parts being in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lightis proected through the lens 1a to one side of the gun barrel and at anangle therewith. The gun being placed in appro riate position in thecamp the lamp is ren cred available for use as a reading lamp or forother purposes around'the camp,"as for recon- I1()lt6IlIlg,etC. Byturning the handle 19 to the right the lamp 1O isturned to bring the lght directly opposite the center of the sighting tube C. The reflector22, of appropriate power, is located immediately behind the light andturns with the lamp, so that the light being brought in line with theend or" tube C is projected by said reflector through-the tube and inline with the gun barrel beyond its outer end. By this means any ob ectat a distance can be located and game can. be not only located, but shotafter ar r.

By unscrewing the sighting tube C from the neck surrounding thescrew-threaded aperture provided therefor, the lamp is entirely freedfrom the gun and may be used for any purpose desired. The outer end ofsection C of tube O is provided with a 1 '105 lens 23 which" may beunscrewed from said end and screwed into the opening in the side of thecasing B, adapted for the sighting tube, or any other appropriate cover,or cap,

may be fixed to: Ad openinz" as will be readily understood. all i Havingthus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A lamp attachment for guns comprising a. lamp easing havingrelatively angular openings, a sighting; tube. detechably connected withone of said openings, a lump mounted in said casing, and meansassociatecl with said lamp fordireeting the light rm 5 therei' troruthrouq h either of said openings and preventing their pussege'throughthe'other opening substantially as set forth.

2. A light attachment for guns comprising a sighting tube adapted tobesecured to the gun barrel, a casing having a perform tion into whichthe end of said sighting tube may be'inse'rted, said. easing beingprovided with another opening at an angle from theopening which receivesthe sighting tube, e lamp within said easing positioned to bring thelight in line with said openings, and means for turning said lamp tothrow the light opposite either opening desired substantially set forth.

3. A light at uchmr-nt for guns eomprising a lamp casing fol-med withopenings at an angle with each other, e sighting tube cletuchahlysecured in one of said openings, a lens covering the other of saidopeninvs, a lump Within easing mounted to be turned, and means forturning said lamp to bring the light opposite either of said openings,substantially as t forth.

4Q An attachment guns eoi'uprising a detachable sighting tube adapted tobe secured to the side oi the un barrel, a lamp casing detaonublysecured the inner end of said sighting tube, anti formed with oilopening to one side of. the attachment of saicl sighting tube, and eshiftablev light within saicl lamp casing; adapted to be shifted tothrow the light through the sighting tube or through the other opening,substentielly as set forth.

5. An attachment for guns comprising a sighting tube adapted tO-be'attached to the gun barrel, a lamp easing detachnbly secured to saidsighting tube and having a side opening, a light in said lump casing, areflector positioned behind said light, and means for turning said lightand reflector to throw the light through said sighting tube or said sideopening, substantially as set forth.

6. A light attachment for guns compris- .ing a casing, 11 sighting tubesecured to said casing, means for attaching said sighting tube to thegun barrel, seid lamp casing being formed with an opening in the sameplane with the sighting tube but to one side thereof, :1 lump Withinsaid casing, and. means for turning said lamp to bring the lightopposite the sighting r the other opening as desired, suhstunt. .y esset forth.

In Witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand unclseul at Tushington.District of Columbia uhis ninth (lay of Inlay, A. D. nineteen hunrecleudfourteen.

GARRISiH W. llERlll'F-GERJY. {L- Si}

